attempted

past tense of attempt
as in tried
to make an effort to do after attempting—and failing—to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help don't even attempt walking on your broken foot

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Recent Examples of attempted Harris said that neither of the stars’ teams attempted to meddle with it. Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 In Malmo in 2014, thousands gathered in the Swedish city in protest at Israel’s participation while in Basel earlier this year, protestors attempted to rush onto the stage to disrupt Israeli singer Yuval Raphael’s performance. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025 There was no turning point after James Hodgkinson attempted to assassinate the Republican congressional baseball team in 2017. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025 But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her. Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for attempted
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tried
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  • Still, Mares-Sedillo went to work and tried to go about her day.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Keough said her grandmother tried to settle Lisa Marie's estate less than 24 hours after her death in 2023.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Attempted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attempted. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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